Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....

Llanfair, the home of Dr. and Mrs. Whyte Glendower Owen was/is located on the Mississippi River at White Castle, La. Built by John Hambden Randolph of Virginia. Wide cornices are/were supported by twenty square columns. James Gallier was the...

View of Old Spanish Arsenal* Powder Magazine (now the Arsenal museum). Eastern façade. December 1914. Photo taken by Frank C. Read.
*The Arsenal was in fact constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers between 1836 and 1838. It was a...

The Roumain Building. A six story terra cotta building with a Beaux Arts façade. Built by Joseph K. Roumain in 1913, architects Favort and Livaudais. Located at 343 Third Street Baton Rouge, La. Photo taken by Frank C. Read in 1914

Tessier (Lafayette) Building ca. 1820. 342, 346, 348 Lafayette St., west (front) and north facade. Considered to be one of the oldest standing structures in Baton Rouge. These townhouse style buildings were constructed by Charles Tessier , the...